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W I i No. 274,304. Patented Mar.20,1883.

'parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully de- UNITED S TATES PATENTOFFICE.

HALLEGK FLOYD, OF DUBLIN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO GEORGE W.GHAMP, OF SAME PLACE. i

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SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 274,304, dated March20, 1883.

Application filed December 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be' it known that I, HALLEOK FLOYD, of Dublin, in the county of Wayneand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Saw-Horses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description .of `the inventiou, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved saw-horse. Fig. 2 is a detail view, and

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modification of I the same. i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts iu all thefigures.

My invention has relation to sawfhorses; and it consists in the mprovedconstruction of scribed and claimed.

lu the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the legs of thesaw-horse, which are of the usual construction, and pivotcd upon theends of the cross-bar B. Each leg has a plate, 0, fastened near theinner edge upon that side which faces upward when the legs are spread.Each of these plates is fastened to the legs by means of a screw orbolt, D, and a lug or stud, E, or by means of screws or bolts projectingfrom the under side of the plate, which are driveu into thelegaud theplate l secured by the screw orbolt D. From the inner edges of theseplates project lips F, the upper edges, f, of which are straigkt andbeveled to the angle of the inclination of the legs, the under sides ofwhich bear up'onthese lips, preventing the legs from spreading farther.

A plate, G, of metal, may be placed flush with the surface of the leg atthe point where I having plates U, having lugs E and lips F` fastenedupon their upper sides by means of `screws or bolts D, their lower sidesbearing against the beveled upper edges of plates O, substantially as4and tor the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoiu gas m'y own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two wituesses. i

HALLEOK FLOYD. Witnesses:

GEORGE W. CHAMP, ALPHEUS G. GOMPTON.

